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Originally Posted by LuvReadin
Most editors will also be willing to do an editing test or a few sample pages, but they'll generally expect to be paid for this - there are far too many scams around with people trying to get their 'sample' chapters done for nothing.
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I suppose you could take advantage of that by sending each chapter to a different editor for a free sample, but you wouldn't get any kind of consistency throughout the book.
I pick up work by sending unsolicited edits of things I read along with a price list if they want any more, but I only do that for things that I actually read for fun (and therefore expect their other titles to entertain me). I've thought about offering to do a free short story to anyone who wants it, but some things need a lot more work than others. Plus I'd probably end up deluged with crap I have no interest in and it would seem more like work than anything else.